Comic books June 1954, graded by CGC

Add to cart CGC 0.5 $5,499.00 Paper: Brittle Centerfold missing. Label #4520313001 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($164.97) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Cover by Lee Elias. Stories and art by Bob Powell, Howard Nostrand, Manny Stallman, John Giunta Joe Certa, John Belfi, Sid Check and Frank Frazetta. Former superhero comic Black Cat becomes a showcase for Harvey's unique brand of pre-Code horror. A man is stealing corpses form the cemetery, and the townspeople want to know why. A dark spoof of the movie Mogambo, an experiment in the Mad-style humor that resulted in Harvey's short-lived comic Flip. A mysterious visitor to a small town has plans of revenge against the town elders, in a story with early inking assists by fantasy art legend Frank Frazetta. Notorious pre-Code cover by Lee Elias, showing a man's face and hands burning away, is one of the most famous of the era. The King Is Dead; The Artificial Sky; Occupation; Moe Gambo; White Heat; And Still Champion; Torture!; Here Today…. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $505.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #4390430020 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($15.15) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by George Evans. "This'll Kill You!", script by Otto Binder, art by Reed Crandall; The police are stunned when Victor Gattling brings in the dead body of his best friend and then claims that he, Victor, has been killed by his best friend. "Standing Room Only," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Kamen; Siblings Carl and Cynthia spent their early years cross-dressing in order to have laughs on their friends but fall out of favor with each other; Stime later, Carl sees that his sister has married into money, so he murders his sister and her husband and then disguises himself as her in order to have access to those funds as beneficiary. "The Real Thing" one-page text story by Al Feldstein, art by Marie Severin. "Return Blow," script by Carl Wessler, art by Reed Crandall; Alma and Luke decide to butter up Alma's boss lady at the fabulous Sanford Manion in order to get Alma listed in the old lady's will as beneficiary for a cool $250,000. "Last Resort," script by Carl Wessler, art by George Evans; Jerry hated Mona, hated her for being controlled by her money, so he seeks out a diversion in young and beautiful Jane, a waitress in town. Jerry kills Mona and dumps her into a lake at night, which eventually trips him up because he had dumped her body into crystal clear Silver Springs! 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $450.00 Paper: Off white to white Label #4303057016 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($13.50) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Art by Louis Ravelli, Rocke Mastroserio, Henry C. Kiefer, Manny Stallman, Joe Orlando and Wally Wood. Tales of horror from the era just before the Comics Code was introduced. This issue is a reprint of issue #2 with a new cover. A drowned corpse pursues his killer back to New York; A newlywed groom makes a deal with the devil to be reunited with his dead bride; A prediction of death turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy. The Thing from the Sea!; A Honeymoon of Horror!; The Chamber of Death!; The Stranger in Studio X; Nightmare! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.0 $750.00 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #0917892012 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($22.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover art by Maurice Whitman. Lords of the Upper Air, art by John Belcastro [as "Johnny Bell"]; A group of mountain climbers in the Himalayan stumble upon a tribe of snowmen with supernatural powers. Grab-Bag, pencils by Bill Benulis, inks by Jack Abel; A group of girls is being haunted by the ghost of a mysterious evil woman, whose stylish accessories came into the girls possession. The Witch's Doll, script by Marilyn Mercer, pencils by Jerry Grandenetti and Will Eisner; Dr. Drew hunts down the missing explorer Leander Miles, who is torturing the actress Jennie Paris--by means of an African "kaffir" witch doll. This black magic works like voodoo. Untitled story, art by George Evans; a magic bottle containing a miniature ship arrives at the house of an old acquaintance. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 7.5 $685.00 Paper: Light tan to off white Label #3807574008 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($20.55) will be charged at checkout.

36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 5.5 $910.00 Paper: Off white Label #4132560002

Pre-Code horror comics from Ajax-Farrell and their anonymous talents. A dying man suspects shenanigans after learning his doctor is sleeping with his wife. Richard's new wife is repeatedly possessed by the spirit of his departed lover. The Devil Collects; Terror on Location; Fear of the Witch; Dead on Arrival; Death Is the Jury! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $1,430.00 Paper: Cream to off white Label #0783239002

Cover art by Carl Burgos. Vampire Tale starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers; Torch and Toro encounter alien bat people who explain that vampires are their criminals that they exiled to Earth long ago when there was no intelligent life; A scout ship having informed them that there is now an intelligent species on the planet being preyed on by the vampire aliens, the bat people are now rounding up vampires to deposit on some other planet without an intelligent species since they do not believe in killing. A Spy There Was starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. Ghost Lights text story. The Underwater People starring Sub-Mariner, script and art by Bill Everett. The Menace of the Unhuman starring the Human Torch, art by Dick Ayers. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $665.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white to white Label #1278451002 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($19.95) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by Harry Anderson. "Vampire Tale," art by Doug Wildey; A man wrapped in bandages is on trial for murder after slaying a vampire. "The Curse" text story. "Man Alone!," art by Al Eadeh; Communists get the idea to swap a spy for the village idiot in a centrally located village by taking a hermit and training him to pass for the idiot. "The Man Who Wasn't," art by Bill Walton; A man invents a youth serum and wishes to give it to the oldest member of an old folks home, but the man doesn't want it. "The Vultures," art by Mannie Banks; Unknown to his children, a man leaves his estate to the ones who attend his funeral. "The Question!," art by Vic Carrabotta; An inventor who loves his wife asks an electronic brain which he devised two questions, 'When will my wife die?' and 'When will I die?' 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.5 $350.00 or Best Offer Paper: Off white Label #1482322004 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.50) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by John Buscema. Stories and art by Mort Leav and others. Offbeat romance comic, from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted, often featured early work by future comics legends. In a complicated prison romance, redhead Terry, who works in the warden's office, falls for Doug, who's working to overturn the manslaughter charge against his girlfriend, prisoner Gail. Joan dates Walter to get Craig's attention, which works, but now Walter is ready to get serious with Joan. Joyce loves Cliff, but refuses to marry him because he doesn't earn enough to satisfy her dreams of luxury. Also featuring an unusual vintage ad for Catholic prayer beads filled with water from the Lourdes holy site. My Secret Desire; A Man of My Own; SOS Love in Distress; High Price on Love! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 3.5 $234.95 or Best Offer Paper: Cream to off white Label #4665570014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($7.05) will be charged at checkout.

Cover by John Buscema. Stories and art by Mort Leav and others. Offbeat romance comic, from pioneering female publisher Rae Herman of Orbit-Wanted, often featured early work by future comics legends. In a complicated prison romance, redhead Terry, who works in the warden's office, falls for Doug, who's working to overturn the manslaughter charge against his girlfriend, prisoner Gail. Joan dates Walter to get Craig's attention, which works, but now Walter is ready to get serious with Joan. Joyce loves Cliff, but refuses to marry him because he doesn't earn enough to satisfy her dreams of luxury. Also featuring an unusual vintage ad for Catholic prayer beads filled with water from the Lourdes holy site. My Secret Desire; A Man of My Own; SOS Love in Distress; High Price on Love! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 4.0 $342.00 Paper: Off white Label #3932451014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($10.26) will be charged at checkout. Other items consigned by Poka

Art by Frank Carin and Isadore Klein. Funny-animal hijinks featuring Space Mouse, Super Pup, Merry Mouse and Peter Rabbit. Space Mouse investigates a lost world; Peter Rabbit becomes a test pilot; Super Pup battles an alien invasion. Space Mouse: The Lost World; Super Pup: The Green Peril; Moon Rocket; Peter Rabbit: Test Pilot!; Merry Mouse: The Awful Truth! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $125.00 Paper: Off white Label #4548076014 This is a consignment item. A 3% buyer's premium ($3.75) will be charged at checkout.

"The Dreaded Crypts of Horror"; Rich Uncle Cyrus summons his four heirs to his mansion in the marshland; The money will be theirs if they survive a night in specially prepared rooms of horror. "The Haunted Forest," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Yates and Manning, professional debunkers of the supernatural, tackle a last mystery no one dare solve up to now - the haunted forest; Every man going in came back a raving maniac. "The Demon Coat," pencils by Charles Nicholas; Millionaire collector John Masterson comes into possession of king Tuts Egyptian "demon coat," a jacket which - once donned - scares its wearer to death with frightful visions. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.